Video: We’re more than barbers – Earl’s Cuts and Styles

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Earl Lancaster has been running Earl’s Cuts and Styles in heart of the Central District for more than 26 years. He’s the man behind the scissors, but he insists he’s just the “first person they come to when bills need to be paid.”

The shop is a community gathering place and a training ground for up and coming barbers, and, of course, a place to get your hair cut. Earl’s is at 23rd and Union — an area of significant and sometimes controversial development over the past several years — and will be relocating across the street once the Liberty Bank Building is finished.